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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 27 Dec 2012

The performances and music are a pleasure, and Chase's affection for the period is palpable…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Dec 2012

If any one aspect of Chase's film keeps it from being more than merely coolly engaging (which it is), it's the casting…

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By Jake Mulligan (34) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 27 Dec 2012

Chase's critical eye spares no one. This is his attempt to make the Great American Film About Music. He almost succeeds…

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By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 27 Dec 2012

A totally by-the-numbers boomer nostalgia exercise, of the type we've already seen dozens of times…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 27 Dec 2012

The British invasion of rock 'n' roll was upon America, and David Chase remembers the time with both fond and bitter memories…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 27 Dec 2012

Beautifully, sometimes heartbreakingly documents people living in the moment, doing what feels right at the time…

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By Linda Barnard (586) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 27 Dec 2012

Chase takes a basement view of the birth of America's '60s rock revolution with his big-screen debut Not Fade Away…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 24 Dec 2012

A glancing, disjointed little movie that captures as well as any film I've seen the mind-expanding mojo of rock and roll at the dawn of the…

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By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Dec 2012

Though not a poor effort per se -- David Chase's Not Fade Away does authentically captures the heart and soul of the music of the era and the…

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By Leonard Maltin (609) for leonardmaltin.com (584) on 23 Dec 2012

It's imperfect, and overlong, but there are moments as poignant as any I've seen on film this year…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 21 Dec 2012

A '60s-set film that's rendered with with an eye for authenticity instead of period fetishism…

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By S. Jhoanna Robledo (697) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 21 Dec 2012

60s-set coming-of-age tale has some edgy content…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Dec 2012

Gandolfini, though, is a standout as the old-school father who can't abide his new-style son (but loves him anyway)…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 21 Dec 2012

Chase makes these familiar scenarios feel vital and fresh, thanks to a terrific eye for detail, a general avoidance of on-the-nose social commentary…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 20 Dec 2012

By focusing on musicians who are talented but finally not good or persistent enough to succeed in the big time, Not Fade Away offers a poignant,…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 20 Dec 2012

The acting is OK, but none of the leads has the kind of sizzle that might have turned this into something as special as another film set roughly…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 20 Dec 2012

Painful, and not in a good way…

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By Jonathan Lack (87) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 20 Dec 2012

Many films purport to be about music, but few understand music as thoroughly and enthusiastically as Not Fade Away…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 20 Dec 2012

Music drives the movie, and the producers popped for the real stuff: Robert Johnson, Moby Grape and - curiously - the Sex Pistols are all here…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 20 Dec 2012

A stirring snapshot of America from 1963 to 1968 and the many rock 'n' roll thrills, cultural and political watersheds, and whirling emotions…

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